Too Quiet Chapter 4: Mt Senai, the Fight against Elaine, a suikoden fanfic

Too Quiet

By R2K2J

Summary: Jacques has always been the quiet one in the 12th Unit, but what happens if he found something in a certain knight? JacquesChris

Warning: Pairing that may go wrong, again.

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN SUIKODEN 3! STOP ASKING ME!

Note: In my mind, Chris is always wearing her travelling clothes. This will be reflected upon throughout the fic.

Quote of the day: Know your enemy the way you know your friends.

Lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely, I have nobody to call my own.

Akon – Lonely

Recommended song: Obsession by Frankie J and Baby Bash.

Chapter 4: Mt Senai, the Fight against Elaine

Their trip to Mount Senai had been mostly quiet. A few creatures had attacked them but still peaceful nonetheless. The attack on Jacques was enough to stir his temper to a level that even he doesn't know of.

After only a few hours of walking and climbing the mountain itself, they finally reached their destination.

"I thought I'd only be here for training, but it seems I've caught myself in a grudge match." Chris said as she headed up.

"Chris, all I want you to do is to just be careful. That's it." Jacques said as he walked forward. Chris knew he had a score to settle, but she didn't know she was supposed to be part of it. As the duo kept walking deeper into the mountains, Chris got a bit frightened. The crevasses were deep enough to kill someone so she made sure she watched her step. As they went across rope bridges, the last thing they needed were confounded monsters behind them. But moreover, it was a rather peaceful trek. A few moments later, they found themselves at the entrance to the fake altar, commonly known as the 'insect-handler's altar' or to few, it was known as the 'Flame Champion's altar'. That was in the past. Now it was just a plain-looking altar with no significance whatsoever.

Chris looked up to see virtually nothing but an entrance. "Is this the place, Jacques?" she asked. He only nodded, as he started walking into the tunnel. But Chris tugged his arm.

"What?" he asked her.

"What if we were walking right into a trap?"

"Duke? Setting a trap? He's not the sharpest tool in the shed." He continued to walk but Chris just pulled him back.

"We can't be too careful. If we just walk in, we might set off something that could drop on our heads or stab us and kill us all!" Jacques just sighed. He never thought of that, really. He looked ahead of him, sighing again.

"Fine," he looked at Chris and said, "Chris, I'm sorry for suggesting this, but can you be a decoy?" The Silver Maiden looked at the man. She looked curious for a moment but completely understood what he had in mind.

"Ok… what will you be doing?" she asked. He thought for a moment. Then all he could do was sigh, again.

"You'll see." Chris went ahead with the plan. She walked into the tunnel leaving Jacques. As soon as she left, he stood there, sighed again and said, "What am I going to do?"

Chris walked with courage through the tunnel. The tunnel was straight, no forks or anything, nothing but empty tunnel. As soon as she came out of it, she looked at the surroundings. "Nothing here." Truly, there was nothing, just the fake altar, a bridge leading to it and another crevasse, a huge one at that. There was nobody here. She crossed the bridge. Then she heard footsteps, coming from the altar area. From the altar revealed one of the 14th Unit's very own, Elaine.

"Elaine. I should have known you'd be here. Looks like your boss is too scared to reveal his face, I presume?" she teased.

"Duke didn't come."

"What?" Chris said. "Why isn't he here?"

"He had another plan. His initial plan was to beat Jacques here. But he's decided to let me take care of things. And things start with you, Chris Lightfellow." At that, Elaine drew her sword and started charging. Chris had enough time to draw her sword and repel Elaine's attack. She kept attacking. Then it was Chris' turn to attack. She charged, blow after blow she dealt. But Elaine got the first hit when she parried Chris' attack and slashing her in the face. Chris backed away for a bit but pressed on. The fight continued until Chris managed to make Elaine lose her sword. Then she placed the tip of her sword right at Elaine's neck.

"It's over." She said. But Elaine didn't look or sound scared. In fact, she was actually laughing in a seductive way. "What are you laughing about?" she asked, not knowing that Elaine was about to brandish a knife. Without warning, Chris took a full stab right at her stomach. "Ah…!" she squealed. A few seconds later, she fell, blood oozing from her wound.

"Now it's over." She said, sheathing her knife. She picked up her sword and then walked over to the corpse. Elaine sighed. "Looks like Chris Lightfellow will be no more…"

Jacques couldn't help but to go find Chris. She'd been gone for much longer than he had expected. Like Chris said earlier, the place could be booby trapped so he made sure of it. There was nothing. 'Well, I could just walk through this stupid tunnel...!' His thoughts stopped when he saw Elaine about to finish off Chris. He quickly took out his bow gun, aimed and quickly fired.

Elaine saw the arrow and quickly dodged, falling in the process. Jacques took this time to get himself across the bridge, which he did. When he got across, he tended to Chris. "Chris? Are you okay?" No response. He asked the same thing, at the same time shaking her. Still nothing.

"She's dead." Elaine, who got up after her fall, said. Jacques quickly turned his attention to the woman, armed with his bow gun.

"What did you do to her?" he said, in a sullen manner.

"Stabbed her. By now, she should have lost enough blood that could prove fatal to her." She snickered, and then she sheathed her sword. "So are you going to shoot me or not?" The thought had eluded Jacques. But he wasn't one to kill. Instead, he just aimed right at Elaine's head.

"I'm giving you three seconds to leave this place immediately. If by that time's done and you're still not out of here, then I shoot you." The bland threat didn't scare her for one second, but she knew she had a life. She quickly ran while Jacques was counting. "1…" she was halfway across the bridge, his bow gun aiming still. "…2…" she was near the tunnel and by then she was out, but Jacques shot an arrow just for the fun of it all. Then she realised Chris was still dying, so he immediately went back to her. Grasping the situation, he pushed part of Chris' clothing to reveal the wound.

'The cut's pretty deep…' he pressed on the wound to stop the bleeding. Luckily, the bleeding stopped, but he had nothing to cover the wound with. He had to think of something quick. 'Caleria's too far from here… I know! Le Buque! That's near. Maybe Iku can help me…'

Chris had regained her consciousness. She didn't know what had gone on. That was until she found she was being hauled on the back of her companion.

"J…Jacques…? What has happened…?" Jacques looked back to see the knight's eyes half-open.

"Good. You're alive. Thank goddess for that." He said, still running to his destination.

"W…where are we going?" she asked. She looked at her glove to see a bit of blood on the index finger. Then she looked down at her stomach. That was where her unclosed wound was. She couldn't help but to faint again.

"Chris? Chris? Don't faint on me. Talk to me!" Jacques exclaimed. No sound. "Damn!" 'Hope I get to Le Buque quick…"

To Be Continued

Sorry it took so long to update! I needed time to think (and I just got my exam results) Sorry if it's too short too.

Spoiler: Ayame, Duke, Elaine, Hugo, Beecham, Lucia, Fubar, Sgt. Joe, Thomas, Cecile and a few others will be in the next few chapters. Also, I don't know how far it is from Mt. Path to Karaya Village. See ya!